Sankey Winter (1688–1736) was an

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

priest in Ireland. Ledwich was born in

County Kildare County Kildare ( ga, Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county, ...

and educated at

Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

. Winter was

Archdeacon of Achonry The Archdeacon of Achonry was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Achonry until 1622; Killala and Achonry from 1622 until 1834; and of Tuam, Killala and Achonry from 1834, although it has now been combined to include the area f ...

from 1712 to 1719 and Archdeacon of Killala from 1719 to 1724. He was installed as Prebendary of Donadea and

Archdeacon of Kildare The Archdeacon of Kildare was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Kildare until 1846 when it became an office within the Archdiocese of Dublin, Kildare and Glendalough and since 1976, an office in the united Diocese of Meath an ...

on 11 May 1724; and Dean of Kildare on 8 October 1725, holding all three positions until his death."Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland Vol II" Cotton, H p239: Dublin, Hodges,1848

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1736 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 18th-century Irish Anglican priests 1688 births Deans of Kildare Archdeacons of Kildare Archdeacons of Killala Archdeacons of Achonry Christian clergy from County Kildare {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub